Copyright can be confusing. If you haven’t ever checked, take a look at the official copyright office web site: http://www.copyright.gov/

Read Brad Templeton’s “10 big myths about copyright explained” http://www.templetons.com/brad/copymyths.html

Cathy Newsome created a teacher’s guide to Fair Use and Copyright. Check it out:
http://home.earthlink.net/~cnew/research.htm#Fair%20Use%20and%20Professional%20Responsibility

Read Educational Leadership's article "Plagiarism in a Digital Age".

Here is another resource and wiki that may be helpful.


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Interesting Fair Use video:




Is Creative Commons a possible solution to the confusion over copyright?
Creative Commons licenses provide a flexible and easy to understand solution for educators. http://creativecommons.org/

http://www.flickr.com/creativecommons/ Some members of Flickr have chosen to share their photos using the creative commons licenses.
http://wiki.creativecommons.org/Spectrumofrights_Comic1 A visual explanation of creative commons.
*Register and Explore Open Educational Resources web site to see creative commons in action. http://www.oercommons.org/

Creative Commons Search



Creative Commons Resources link which includes a video, if interested.